KFBRV Ch 116
- Mar 13
- 6 min read
The dinner banquet ended well past 9 PM.
When she returned to her room, Doly pulled out the red cufflinks and showed them to her.
[Doly] "The Master orders you to come to the Exotic Garden immediately."
[Odette] "Strange. Why did Father speak to you separately? He was with me at the banquet until just now; he could have called me himself."
[Doly] "Well. Perhaps he has something private and urgent to say?"
She answered nonchalantly.
Odette tilted her head deliberately. She found Doly’s nervousness amusing.
[Doly] "Young Lady, this isn't the time. The Master called for you urgently, didn't he? There's less than 40 minutes left, and it takes quite a while to get from here to the Exotic Garden."
[Odette] "You're right. I should get ready quickly."
She inwardly mocked the sight, closely observing Doly putting the cufflinks back into her apron pocket.
Then, feigning busy preparation, she entered the toilet room and summoned her inventory.
Take out the parchment I used this evening onto the dressing table.
On the Imperial cruise ship coming to Athena Island, Odette had stolen a few documents scheduled for disposal from the Count's cabin in advance. It was preparation for a moment when she would need his handwriting.
Since receiving Karin's message, Odette had struggled endlessly to forge a single letter. She placed the parchment over the stolen documents and traced the Count's handwriting for every necessary alphabet.
Vanessa.
I have urgent matters to discuss with you. Come to the Exotic Garden immediately.
After dozens of trial-and-error attempts, a plausible letter was completed. Of course, since evidence must not remain, she stored the failed parchments in her inventory.
She tucked the letter securely into her sleeve and exited the toilet room.
[Odette] "Doly, aren't you coming with me?"
[Doly] "The Master gave me strict instructions. He told me absolutely not to follow. It seemed he wished for the Young Lady to come alone."
She scoffed inwardly at her answer but nodded.
[Odette] "Then could you tidy up my attire one last time? If I look shabby, he will surely scold me."
Normally, Doly would have grumbled, but today she quietly focused on adjusting the ribbon near the waist of her dress.
Seizing that opportunity, Odette's hand brushed past Doly's apron pocket.
[Doly] "All done. Then have a safe trip, Young Lady."
Unaware, she gladly sent Odette off alone.
You're ignoring Father's instruction to watch me constantly, aren't you?
Cute Doly, lightly disregarding her master's orders when her own greed takes precedence. Thanks to that, Odette gained freedom, which was incredibly convenient.
She walked down the stairs and paused briefly on the first floor. Then she headed toward Mrs. Becker's room.
Knock, knock.
She tapped lightly on the door, pulled the parchment and ruby cufflinks from her sleeve, and slid them under the gap of the door.
Hearing the sound of Mrs. Becker checking them, Odette turned lightly and headed for the lobby of the Summer Palace. It was connected to a beautiful beach.
She walked straight toward the night beach. Then she began to run along the coastline.
Activate Inventory. Take out the robe.
She put on a long robe with a large hood that could conceal her face and luxurious clothing.
Her destination was the "Calamity Shelter" of Athena Island.
During this year's tour of Athena Island, a calamity occurred at this time today.
Just as she remembered, when the clock struck 9, Clang, clang, clang! Loud bells echoed across the beach.
The bells from the tower announced the occurrence of a calamity in the night sea of Athena Island.
A calamity appeared in the seaside village on the opposite side of the island from the Summer Palace. Due to this, a significant number of injuries were expected.
Thanks to the swift response of Johan and Zion, there were fortunately no deaths from being sucked into the calamity, but due to its sheer size, many people were swept away by the accompanying typhoon.
People were falling, colliding, and crashing to the ground while evacuating, suffering severe injuries. Some people, who could have lived had they received treatment quickly, ended up dying because there wasn't even proper medicine to treat them.
[Current Bad Reputation You Possess:
▶ Vicious Villainess (0 people / ▼ Decrease of 32)
▶ Selfish Purifier (11 people / ▼ Decrease of 4)
▶ Arrogant Flower of Society (8 people / ▼ Decrease of 18)
▶ Ignorant Lady with an Empty Head]
And she intended to use this situation to change her reputation.
There were a total of 19 guests who held negative prejudices against her. The central keywords of that reputation were "Selfish" and "Arrogant."
She intended to spread news of her good deeds today to give an impression contrary to her reputation. Of course, avoiding Doly's plot in the process was a bonus.
[Calamity Shelter]
The wind is incredible. This place should be far from the calamity's origin, yet I can barely open my eyes.
Judging by the presence that felt like it would suck her in at any moment despite the invisible distance, the calamity must be colossal.
At that moment, the sky turned pitch black in an instant. She looked up.
Heavens... what kind of calamity is so disgustingly huge?
A calamity about half the size of the island was moving as if to suck the island from the sky with tremendous force.
As the wind grew stronger, she had no choice but to grab a tree right next to her.
At that moment, Rumble—! A massive thunderclap was heard.
Boom, boom!
Lightning struck as if splitting the sky in half, and the entire night sea flashed white for a moment. As if a flash bang had exploded.
She knew instinctively.
Johan has arrived.
His ability to suppress the massive calamity. Standing in the air above the sea, dropping lightning bolts toward it, he looked like a god of the sea.
The calamity, which had been black enough to cover the entire sky, shriveled to the size of a sailing ship in an instant and writhed desperately.
It's completely different from seeing it on a game screen. The overwhelming pressure is palpable.
The shrunken calamity began to slide slowly toward the sea, following the direction Johan lured it with lightning. The wind's intensity also gradually calmed down.
She stared at Johan, a bit dazed.
"A different kind of existence that cannot mix with humans." That fact felt real anew.
Fortunately, the calamity had now completely moved to the sea, and Zion, who soon arrived, joined in, drawing his sword and tearing the calamity's tongue. It fell into the sea with a loud Splash!
Due to its massive size, it looked as if a whale were falling from the sky into the sea.
Now the calamity won't occur.
It was a moment of relief. Until the sound of a child crying Waaaaah! was heard from inside the shelter.
Ah. This isn't the time for me to stand here.
Odette, who had been momentarily overwhelmed by the sight of the Transcendents, moved her steps into the Calamity Shelter as soon as she recalled her task.
The inside of the shelter was chaos itself. There wasn't a single physician, yet patients were overflowing.
Perhaps due to many people moving urgently while being swept by the calamity's aftermath, scratches were basic, and people with broken arms and legs were abundant.
It was a good thing I embezzled plenty of medicine from the infirmary.
Then, a pregnant woman who looked the most severely injured at a glance caught her eye. The woman's lips were bloodless, looking as if she might stop breathing at any moment.
She activated her inventory as she headed toward her.
Put hemostatic herbs and clean bandages in my robe pocket.
[Odette] "Give me your arm. If we don't stop the bleeding now, you will lose consciousness."
Using polite speech was also a strategy. She intended to hide her identity until a photojournalist arrived.
Revealing her identity too quickly would surely place restrictions on her good deeds. If she was going to save people, wouldn't saving as many as possible result in a bigger article later?
She diligently performed several measures.
The pregnant woman, who had been barely breathing shallowly, recovered enough to speak softly.
[Woman] "Th... Thank you."
[Odette] "Refrain from speaking. This is only a temporary measure, so make sure to show the wound to a physician later."
Crushing herbs and applying them to the pregnant woman, Odette checked the time.
It's almost 10 o'clock.
Rudolf and Doly's dirty trick would begin soon. She intended to perform good deeds here from start to finish while they played their tricks.
So they dare not link me even slightly to the incident that will happen today.
How much time had passed?
Just as she finished treating her fifteenth patient, her hat was pulled low.
Ding—, a sound was heard in her ear.
When she looked up, a status window she hadn't called was floating before her eyes.
[Be careful outside the door.]
Outside the door...?
Before she could even question the status window's unfamiliar tone, she reflexively turned her gaze toward the outside of the shelter's door.
There stood a woman wearing a lace bonnet.
Why is she standing outside instead of coming into the shelter—
Her wonder at the woman's appearance was brief; her thoughts cut off abruptly.
H-How?
Because the hair tightly hidden inside the bonnet's brim slipped down lightly.
Charlotte?
Light pink hair shining vividly in the moonlight.
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